About Joanie

I’VE SPENT MY LIFE STUDYING BODIES IN MOTION.

If your body is changing, healing, or no longer responding the way it used to, I help you rebuild strength, feel supported, and get back in sync with yourself.

This isn’t about pushing harder- it’s about training smarter, fixing what’s off, and building a body that actually works for you.

Joanie Johnson, with curly, auburn hair smiling while sitting on a wooden chair, wearing a white t-shirt and ripped jeans, with a plain light gray background.

How I Think About Training

There is no one “best exercise.” There is only the right exercise for the body in front of me.

I look at how you move, what you're experiencing, where things feel stuck, what stage of life you're in, and what you actually want your body to be able to do.

Then we train from there.

Sometimes that means getting stronger. Sometimes it means rebuilding. Sometimes it means changing a strategy that used to work but doesn't anymore.

The goal isn't to fit your body into a program. It's to build the program around your body.

I THOUGHT I KNEW MY BODY…

Then it changed.

I spent more than a decade as a professional modern dancer. Movement wasn't something I did—it was how I understood myself.

Then I got pregnant.

Suddenly, being good at movement wasn't enough. I wanted to understand what was happening inside my body, how to stay strong safely, and eventually how to recover without rushing myself back to “normal.”

That curiosity changed the direction of my career.

Now, in my 40s, I'm watching the rules change again. And instead of fighting that, I've become fascinated by it.

Our bodies keep adapting. Our training should be smart enough to adapt with them

Movement is information

Your body is constantly telling you something—through strength, breath, pressure, recovery, pain, energy and adaptation.

My job isn't just to give you exercises.

It's to help you understand what those signals mean, so you can make better decisions about your body long after our session ends.

That's body literacy.

Experience & Training

25+ YEARS OF MOVEMENT, TRAINING & WOMEN'S HEALTH

Women’s Health Specialization

  • Pre & Postnatal Corrective Exercise Specialist

  • Diastasis & Core Consultant

  • Pelvic Fascia Trainer

  • Menopause 2.0 Certification

Holistic Coaching

  • Certified Holistic Health Coach

Movement & Training

  • Certified Personal Trainer

  • Certified Pilates Mat Instructor

  • Professional Dancer (10+ years)

  • BA in Dance

Leadership & Experience

  • Head Trainer and Holistic, Fertility and Pregnancy Safe Coordinator, Fit For Birth

  • Co-Founder & COO, Fit Pregnancy Club (NYC)

Joanie Johnson with long, curly, auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a white t-shirt, sitting on a beige chair against a plain light gray background.

FORMER DANCER.
CURRENT MOVEMENT NERD.
MOM.
PERIMENOPAUSAL WORK IN PROGRESS.

I practice what I preach. Mostly.

LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT YOUR BODY NEEDS NOW.

You don't need to know which program, exercise or approach is right for you. Tell me what's going on, what you want to get back to—or where you want to go next—and we'll start there.

Fill out the form and I’ll be in touch.